Tongguan.

Zheng Zhilong led the two towns of 60,000 troops to the west to reach Tongguan, "Water Jing Note" contains: "The river flows south in the Guan, Tongjiguan Mountain, because it is called Tongguan. ”

Tongguan is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, and is located on the mountainside in the south, which is the gate of the east of the Guan, and has always been a place for soldiers to fight.

This pass is located at the crossing of the Yellow River, located in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan Province to rush, control the key to control Chang'an to Luoyang post road, is the key to enter and exit the three Qin, known as "the first danger in Jin", "the throat of the four towns", "one hundred and two passes" reputation.

The Han army recovered Luoyang and pacified Henan, Zheng Zhilong was one step late, did not catch up with the battle of Luoyang, and has always been unhappy. This time, after Zhang Shan and Cai Yuan's troops were in Pingluo, they went south to southern Shaanxi and went to Yunyang, Hanzhong, Shangzhou and other places to garrison in a peaceful rebellion, threatening Guanzhong from the flank, and supporting the two battlefields of Sichuan and Guanzhong at any time.

Zheng Zhilong led the soldiers and horses of the two towns of the headquarters to Tongguan.

"Dashuai, Tongguan is in front of you." The chief of staff immediately pointed to the pass ahead.

"Tongguan is indeed dangerous, there are Qinling Mountains in the south, there is the forbidden valley in the southeast, there are twelve cities in the south of the valley, there are Wei and Luo Erchuan in the north and the Yellow River hugs the pass down, and the west is close to Huayue. The surrounding mountains are even mountains, peaks and peaks, valleys are deep and precipices, the mountains are high and the roads are narrow, and there is a narrow sheep intestine path in the middle, and only one car and one horse can be allowed to go back and forth. In the past, people often used to compete with apes with the danger of the road, and the danger of the road stop Tong Pass in the world to compare the danger of the situation here. ”

Zheng Zhilongnan was born, his family is in Fujian, and he has been fighting at sea for most of his life, and he is not good at this land war, but he has long heard of the importance of Tongguan to Guanzhong. Especially at present, their army of the Western Expedition, if they want to enter the customs, they must first pass through the Tong Pass.

"How many defenders are there in Tongguan?"

"Seven thousand!" The intelligence staff officer replied.

Zheng Zhilong thought he had misheard, "How much?" ”

"Seven thousand."

Zheng Zhilong asked again with surprise, "The Tongguan garrison is only seven thousand?" ”

"At present, there are only 7,000 defenders, and most of them are temporarily drawn up. In addition, we have received information that Zhu Cunji is personally gathering a troop of troops and horses, about 30,000 people, to prepare to reinforce Tongguan. Arrive in about three days. ”

Zheng Zhilong shook his head, not knowing what to say. Shaanxi has been in rebellion for more than a day or two, and they have not sent troops to reinforce Luoyang before. And it has been a long time since Luoyang was recovered, and they are still only 7,000 people stationed in Tongguan. In fact, half of the 7,000 defenders of Tongguan were newly recruited.

As for Zhu Cunji personally leading troops to help, he had some courage, but he had to arrive in three days, which was too slow.

However, what Zheng Zhilong didn't know was that the reason for this result was actually related to Jinyiwei's previous plot against Zhu Cunji. Because Zhu Cunji hesitated. Therefore, neither Luoyang nor Luoyang was reinforced, nor did it make effective defensive deployments. It wasn't until Zhu Cunji killed his brother and seized the throne that he hurriedly dispatched troops and horses to reinforce Tongguan, and even personally gathered a team of soldiers and horses to help.

But by this time, it was too late.

Zheng Zhilong's 60,000-strong army had already camped twenty miles away from Tongguan, and the light cavalry of the Han army had even wandered to the bottom of Tongguan, and even Zheng Zhilong brought a group of staff officers to observe in front of the pass. "As long as we wait for the heavy artillery troops to arrive, we will be able to blast through Tongguan immediately with our artillery. Fight into the level. Seven thousand defenders, nothing to fear. ”

Although after personally inspecting Tongguan. Zheng Zhilong found that Tongguan was indeed dangerous. But he didn't see any cannons, and according to the agent's report, there were only a few red-coat cannons, and some other general cannons and other Fran cannons. The soldiers defending the city are mainly cold weapons, and there are very few firearms, and many people's firearms are even mainly firecrackers and shotguns.

Such equipment. With such a force, Zheng Zhilong already felt that the victory was in his hands.

He was a man with a heavy artillery department, and each town was equipped with a heavy artillery mark, each division was equipped with a heavy artillery battalion, and each association was equipped with a field artillery battalion. Each infantry target even has a field artillery company.

With such a luxurious artillery armament and a sufficient supply of shells, Zheng Zhilong didn't believe that there would be any problems.

Just as he fought at sea, the pirates might be able to intercept merchant ships with their brisk sailboats, and they could fight by helping the shipwrecks to seize ships.

But if they encounter a warship, even if it is a fifth- or sixth-level battleship, it is equipped with dozens of guns, and it is a dream to get close to the portray, and they will be bombarded into slag at a long distance.

The same is true now, even if Zheng Zhilong is facing such a dangerous Tongguan, they don't have to take their lives to fill it, so they don't use the traditional tactics of capturing the city, they can use heavy artillery to bombard the fortifications and bombard the city from a few miles away, and then there is a smooth road in front, and the infantry and cavalry can calmly kill it.

All Zheng Zhilong needed to do was wait for the arrival of the artillery here with peace of mind.

"Dashuai, Tongguan is not the only way to enter the customs, there is Wuguan in the southwest, and there is Pujin Bridge in the north to enter Shaanxi. The General Staff proposed that one or two odd armies could be separated. ”

"There's no need for that." Zheng Zhilong shook his hand.

"Isn't that Zhu Cunji going to bring troops to fight us in a decisive battle, this is very good. When he came, we just took Tongguan, and then we fought him as he wanted, destroyed them, and then entered Xi'an. ”

Tongguan Guancheng.

Ma Shiyao, the general of Tongguan, had already seen the Han army in front of the pass, and from the clairvoyant mirror, he could even see the dazzling golden tigers on the shoulders of this group of Han generals.

Especially the middle one, there are actually five golden tigers.

Ma Shiyao knew that this meant that this person was the general of the Han Empire, the general of the Five Tigers. As far as he knew, the rank of the officers of the Han army was now very recognizable, and their helmets, shoulders, arms, and even sleeves and chests all had rank identification.

There are nine grades and eighteen grades of official ranks, and there are also eighteen grades of military ranks. Originally, it was the third and eleventh levels of generals, military academies and captains, and now it has increased to the fourteenth rank and eighteen levels, which are the fifth level of generals, the general and the four generals before and after, the left and right generals, and the military academy and the lieutenant each have four levels of front and back, left and right. The lowest right sergeant major is Congjiupin, and the upper sergeant major has been included in Congqipin, which is almost equivalent to the county Cheng.

Under these eighteen ranks, the upper, middle and junior ranks are still non-commissioned officers, while the first, second, third, and fifth ranks of private are military ranks.

The rank and rank of officers are very distinct.

For example, the rank of general is the golden tiger icon, the military academy is the snow leopard, the lieutenant is the green wolf, and the sergeant major is the black eagle.

The guy in the clairvoyant mirror has five golden tigers on his body, and it is obvious that this is the highest-ranking general in the Han army.

Five Tiger Generals, this is the highest military rank in the Han army, and generally only admirals can obtain this title.

And there is only one person in Hanzhong who can have this rank, and that is Zheng Zhilong, the general of Zhengxi.

Looking at Zheng Zhilong's directing and high-spirited appearance, Ma Shiyao couldn't wait to shoot an arrow for miles and shoot him.

Ma Shiyao had just been named Wushan Bo, but he was actually Li Zicheng's subordinate. Xi'an was ambushed, he was captured, but fortunately, Zhu Cunji killed his brother and seized the throne and released him, and named him an earl, and handed over the old department of 5,000 Li Zicheng to him, so that he could reinforce Tongguan and guard the east gate of Guandong.

"Uncle, it's Zheng Zhilong, his soldiers and horses are camped twenty miles away, and there are 60,000 troops."

"And what is he waiting for?" Someone asked.

Ma Shiyao looked at the questions of these guys around him, and sneered in his heart, a group of fools. These people are all people in the Xi'an court, the civil and military ministers in the Xi'an court, most of them are former Ming Xi'an officials, as well as the eunuchs of Zhishi, although many of them also claim to have led soldiers before, and even many have been squires, governors and the like, but these are all from the background, how many of them can really fight?

In the past, Shaanxi poured out a few people who could fight, Chen Qiyu, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, etc., but these people are now officials in the Han Dynasty.

The rest are all braggart guys.

Ma Shiyao was made an earl, and he also added a Tongguan general rank, but he was not the highest official in Tongguan, and he still had a large group of people such as the superintendent, the governor, the supervising army, the military preparation, the prefect, and so on.

With a sigh in his heart, Ma Shiyao said to this group of point-at-home officials.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Zheng Thief is waiting for the artillery to transport the cannons."

The artillery of the Han army is unparalleled in the world, and the army has already seen it. In front of the new artillery fire of the Han army, it can be said that no one can stop it, and it is simply against the sky. Even the Jurchens outside the Guanguan are known as unparalleled in cavalry and archery, but under the guns of the Han army, they can only be defeated again and again.

The Qing army still has cavalry shooting, and there have also been firearms troops, but what does the Qin army have now?

Except for a Tongguan that made them barely feel at ease, there was nothing left, only a few old cannons, guns, all a few bird guns, insufficient soldiers, not enough food, they guarded the pass here, and they didn't even get a few points of reward.

This force composed of the Chuang Army, the Shaanxi Official Army, the Weisu Army, the Squire Army, and the People's Strong, Ma Shiyao really has no confidence.

"I see, then we must not wait for the thieves to bring in the cannons." The Governor spoke.

The Inspector also nodded, and his goatee trembled, "Your Majesty will take at least five days to lead reinforcements to arrive, we have to think of a way." Ma Shiyao was taken aback, "Didn't Your Majesty arrive in three days?" ”

The superintendent sighed a little, "After those soldiers left Beijing, they made a fuss on the way, saying that the reward was insufficient, and they refused to move forward, so His Majesty had to let the court raise silver rewards, so it was delayed for two days." ”

Ma Shiyao was already a little crying and laughing after hearing this.

It's all this time, and it's still making this one, so what kind of battle is it?

At this time, the garrison platform slapped the battlements and shouted, there is.

"A certain has a clever plan, and he will definitely be able to break through the Zheng thief before the battle!"

The governors hurriedly asked, "I don't know what Wang Daotai's plan is?" ”

Ma Shiyao looked at the appearance of the platform, but sneered in his heart, you fucking a platform, have you ever fought, you have a clever plan to break the enemy with a slap of your hand, deceive the ghost.

But those governors all believed it, and they all gathered around the platform, waiting to hear what the trick was, and Ma Shiyao was extremely disdainful. (To be continued.) )

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